Seed-planter and cultivator



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IQG. WISE. SEED PLANTERAND GULTIVATOR. No. 416,884. "Patented Dec. 10,1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC GJIVISE, OF BRIMFIELD, OHIO.

S EED-PLANTER AND CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,884, dated December10, 1889. Application filed May 2, 188 9. S erialllo. 309,405. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ISAAC G. VVIsE, a citizen of tl1e United States,residing at Brimfield, in the county of, Portage and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Hand Seed-Planter .and Cultivator, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for planting and tending corn, wheat,and similar foodcrops; and the object of my-invention is to produce amachine certain parts of which shall be readily detachable andinterchange able, so as to adapt the machine to be used either as aseeder, harrow, cultivator, marker, or as a combination thereof, ascircumstances may require. To the above purposes my invention consistsin certain peculiar and novel features of construction and in certaincombinations of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, viewedfrom the rear. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detachable harrowdesigned to be used in connection with my invention.v Fig. 4isaperspeclive viewof a covering-wheel, also designed to be used inconnection with my invention. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of themachine adjusted for use as a cultivator. Fig. 6 is a verticallongitudinal section of the seed-box of. my improved machine. Fig. 7 isa detail view of the cultivator. Fig. 8 is a detail view of a coverer orshovel used in connection with the machine.

In the said drawings, A A designate two horizontal beams, whichconstitute the sides of the machine. These side beams converge towardeach other at their front ends, at which point they are connected by acrosspiece B, one end of which is detachably connected to the adjacentside beam, as A, by a pin 1), as shown. The rear ends of the beams A Aare supported by the axle O of the two rear carrying-wheels C O, and thefront end of the machine is supported by the standards pelling themachine by hand or animal power,

as desired.

I designates the seed box or hopper,'which is of oblong rectangular formand whichrests upon a base I, the latter extending transversely of themachine-frame when the hopper is in position. The interior of the hopperI is divided into two compartments I I by two vertical partitions '5 1asshown, and

across these compartments extends a bar J,

carrying downwardly-extending agitators j. A lever K is pivoted upon themachine and engages at its front end with the bar J midway of the lengthof the same. At its rear end the lever K engages the waveredgroove Z ofa cam-wheel L, which is mounted rigidly upon the axle C,-before referredto. By virtue of'this arrangement, as the machine progresses over theground, the lever K is vibrated laterally and oscillates" the bar J, so

as to reciprocate the agitators over the feedopenings 11 of the hopper,and thus carry the seed out through the drill-tubes M. The hopper ismounted detachably upon the machineframe, so as to be removed therefromwhen desired, as shown in Fig. 6.

N designates a rectangular barrow-frame, which is detachably connectedby studs 4?. n to the lower ends of the standards 0, which are securedto the .front portion of the machine-frame. The lower end of a bar P isinserted into a slot n, which extends longitudinally of a cross-piece 110f the harrow frame. The upper endofthe bar P is provided with across-piece p, which engages -over the bar E, as shown in Fig. 1. Itwill thus be seen by reference to Figs. 1 and5 that the bar E may beraised at its rear end and thus raise the harrow to clear obstructions,&c.

When the seeding mechanism above described is in use, one ormorecovering-wheels Q are preferably employed with the machine. Each ofthese wheels is carried by a V-shaped frame R, (see Fig. 4,) and ispivotally supported upon the machine-frame at the point.

R R designate links, which are pivotally connected at their lower endsto the frames R below their angles, and the upper ends of which aresimilarly connected to the opposite ends of a cross-piece R (See Fig.1.) This cross-piece R is attached to the rear portion of the bar E, andthus it will be seen that when said bar is raised it will carry thecovering-Wheels with it and cause them to clear obstructions.

S in Fig. 7 designates a triangular cultivator-frame, which isdetachably connected beneath the front part of the machine just back ofthe seed -'box, and T designates a shovel-frame, which is at timessubstituted for the cultivator-frame S. When either the harrow or shovelframe is used, the seeding devices are generally removed from the machine, so that the latter may be used as a sulky cultivator or coverer,as desired.

. M designates a marker for check-rowplanters, said marker beingconnected to one side of the machine-frame by an L-shaped hanger m, asshown.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a simpleand durable form of machine, which is adapted to various agriculturaluses, and the several changes and adjustments of which may be easilyeffected as required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cultivator, the combination, with a carrying-frame adapted tosupport the removable seed-box and harrow, of a central longitudinal barE, connected with the harrow and adapted to raise it out of operation,substantially as described.

' 2. In a cultivator, the combination, with the carrying-framesupporting the seed-box and harrow, of a vibrating lever mounted uponsaid frame and operatively connected to the agitator-bar of theseed-box, and acam-wheel connected to the lever and serving to actuatethe same, substantially as described.

3. In a cultivator, the combination, with a carrying-frame, a seed-boxsupported therefrom, and a h'arrow-frame N, detachably connected at oneend to said frame in front of the seed-box, of the central longitudinalbar E, connected to the barrow-frame at its free end by the adj istablebar P,-to raise and lower said barrow-frame, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand.

ISAAC G. \VISE.

In presence of O. P. HUMPHREY, (J. E. HUMPHREY.

